| Greeting gesture |
Universal |
13 Oct 2026 |
| Mexican ___, stadium cheer that appears as an ocean-like crowd movement, resulting in an enthusiastic "ripple effect" |
|
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| In physics, I'm a traveling vibration, in geography, I'm an ocean swell, and in social studies, I'm a friendly hand gesture. Who am I? |
|
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| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Sep 2026 |
| Greet silently |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Sep 2026 |
| Tidal ___, surging movement of water driven by the moon's pull ... or something Aquaman from the DC Comics can command |
|
|
| Silent goodbye |
The Atlantic |
16 Aug 2026 |
| Shore sight |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2026 |
| Nonverbal greeting |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jul 2026 |
| ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
|
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| Oscilloscope display |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2026 |
| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 May 2026 |
| Motion of the ocean |
Universal |
27 Apr 2026 |
| Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
|
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| Acknowledge the crowd |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2026 |
| Kind of Mexican crowd ripple at the stadium? |
|
|
| What a surfer rides |
|
|
| "The Great ___ off Kanagawa" (woodblock print) |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Surfer's need |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2026 |
| What a surfer might ride |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2026 |
| ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
|
|
| Surface for surfing |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2025 |
| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Breaker or billow, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Dec 2025 |
| Friendly gesture |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Mexican ___, stadium cheer that appears as an ocean-like crowd movement, resulting in an enthusiastic "ripple effect" |
|
|
| Surface for surfing |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Kind of Mexican crowd ripple at the stadium? |
|
|
| Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
|
|
| In physics, a propagated dynamic disturbance through a medium or space (4) |
|
|
| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jul 2025 |
| ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
|
|
| Ocean feature that a surfer may ride |
|
|
| Undulation |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Gesticulate in White Horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jun 2025 |
| ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
|
|
| Mexican ___, stadium cheer that appears as an ocean-like crowd movement, resulting in an enthusiastic "ripple effect" |
|
|
| Surfing need |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Attention seeking gesture (4) |
|
|
| Ocean feature that a surfer may ride |
|
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| Surface for surfing |
Newsday |
06 May 2025 |
| Hand gesture - ridge of moving water (4) |
|
|
| By the sound of it, refrain from using gesture (4) |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Crowd action at a stadium, with "the" |
|
|
| Arm gesture, give me a ... |
|
|
| Stadium fun for the fans, with "the" |
|
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| Farewell gesture |
|
|
| Tulane Green ____ |
USA Today Quick |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Subject of a famous Hokusai print |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Greet silently |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Ocean breaker |
Commuter |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Swell gesture (4) |
|
|
| Good-bye gesture |
|
|
| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Signal of greeting |
|
|
| Say hello quietly |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Kind of Mexican crowd ripple at the stadium? |
|
|
| San Diego's NWSL team, or an ocean motion |
Universal |
25 Dec 2024 |
| You may have one in your hair |
|
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| Certain hand gesture |
USA Today Quick |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Farewell gesture, ... goodbye |
|
|
| Move the arm in greeting (4) |
Puzzler |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Greet silently |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Hand gesture? For sure, say? (4) |
|
|
| Refrain from exercising, we hear and flourish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Swell for a surfer |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Crest of water (4) |
|
|
| By the sound of it, give up gesture (4) |
|
|
| Breaker, for example (4) |
|
|
| What a surfer surfs on |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Give a greeting to one at sea (4) |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Tidal or radio |
|
|
| Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
|
|
| Seaside breaker |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Surfer's requirement |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Uttered (a greeting or farewell) to (4) |
|
|
| Something caught by a surfer |
|
|
| Beckon in White Horse? |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Undulation |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Ocean feature ... or a hand action that may catch your attention |
|
|
| *Pun day at the beach! "How do you say bye to the beach?" "You don't, you just ___!" |
|
|
| Brandish roller? |
|
|
| Surfer's curl |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Seaside roller |
|
|
| Gesture of farewell |
|
|
| ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
|
|
| Surfer's need |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Sight from a shore |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Mexican ___, stadium cheer that appears as an ocean-like crowd movement, resulting in an enthusiastic "ripple effect" |
|
|
| Surfer's quest |
|
|
| Arrange (hair) into soft curls |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Jun 2024 |
| A greeting or farewell at sea? (4) |
|
|
| New ___ (genre for Blondie and the B-52's) |
|
|
| Ocean movement |
Commuter |
23 May 2024 |
| Give a hand signal when this approaches the shore (4) |
|
|
| "The Great ___ off Kanagawa", a woodblock print by the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai |
|
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| Hand gesture - hair feature (4) |
|
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| Streak of water following ship (4) |
|
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| Move the hand as a greeting (4) |
|
|
| Ocean surge |
|
|
| Hi sign? |
|
|
| Signal goodbye (4) |
|
|
| Make a gesture, something familiar to surfers? (4) |
|
|
| Signal farewell |
|
|
| Sea ripple (4) |
|
|
| Undulation across the surface of water (4) |
Puzzler |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Some show a very clear undulation (4) |
|
|
| Signal put aside, reportedly? (4) |
|
|
| It breaks on the beach |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Kind of Mexican crowd ripple at the stadium? |
|
|
| No, we've a different album by Silver Sun (3-4) |
|
|
| Move your hand to say goodbye (4) |
|
|
| Surfer’s ride |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jan 2024 |
| What a surfer rides to the shore |
|
|
| Surface for surfing |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Gesture of greeting |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Dec 2023 |
| Surfboard support |
Commuter |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Surfer's wish |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Hand motion to bid farewell |
|
|
| Ocean motion |
Universal |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Nonverbal "Hi!" |
Universal |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Greet silently |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Hand signal |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Mar 2023 |
| It can mean hello or goodbye |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Silent greeting |
Family Time |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Undulation |
The Times Concise |
13 Dec 2022 |
| "Catch Your ___," song by The Click Five |
|
|
| Say "Hi" silently |
Family Time |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Oct 2022 |
| A surfer rides one |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2022 |
| Say "hi" without saying "hi" |
Family Time |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Surfer's swell |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Ocean feature |
Family Time |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Breaker |
The Times Concise |
22 May 2022 |
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Surfing need |
Premier Sunday |
27 Mar 2022 |
| Hand-moving ''Hello!'' |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Surface for a surfer |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2022 |
| “Look, ma, I’m on TV” motion |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Greet silently |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Say ''Hi'' without saying ''Hi'' |
Family Time |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Parting gesture |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Offshore ride |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Stadium motion |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Oct 2021 |
| Beach feature |
|
|
| Say hi with your hand |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Roller for wallpaper adhesive on the borders |
|
|
| Sine ___ |
Universal |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Slight curl in long hair |
Universal |
06 May 2021 |
| ___ pool, feature at 1a with artificially-generated currents |
|
|
| Undulation |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Gesticulate in White Horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Ocean feature |
|
|
| It may break and crash |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2021 |
| It may break and crash |
|
|
| Surfing surface |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Fail to apply for audition, and flourish |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Surfing need |
Universal |
04 Sep 2020 |
| Sand castle destroyer |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2020 |
| See 11ac. |
|
|
| Grand move in the grandstands |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Surfer's need |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2020 |
| Permanent __ |
|
|
| Permanent __ |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Surfer's ride |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Greet silently |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Surfer's challenge |
Universal |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Surfer's ride |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Gesture with a heartless vote |
|
|
| Swell by a shore |
|
|
| What a surfer rides |
|
|
| Greeting couples midway through Newark tavern |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Gesture from a float |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Sea tide feature |
|
|
| Image on an oscilloscope |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Surfer's ride |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2019 |
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| It may break on sand |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2019 |
| It may break on sand |
|
|
| What that rises from the sea and breaks on the shore |
|
|
| See 24 Down |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Hand greeting |
The Times Concise |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Surfing need |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Roller for wallpaper adhesive on the borders |
|
|
| Float rider's gesture |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2019 |
| Surface for surfing |
Newsday |
20 May 2019 |
| Signal breaker, for example |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 May 2019 |
| Crasher on a desert island |
|
|
| Peak of activity |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2019 |
| Hand motion to bid farewell |
|
|
| Hand gesture often accompanied by a "Hi" |
|
|
| Onslaught |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Image on an oscilloscope |
|
|
| Float rider's gesture |
|
|
| Gesture from a float |
|
|
| Surfing need |
|
|
| It may break on sand |
|
|
| Surge of water with hail |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Dec 2018 |
| What a surfer rides on |
|
|
| Something the ocean makes |
Family Time |
19 Nov 2018 |
| What a surfer may catch |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Ballpark crowd antic |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2018 |
| Silent greeting |
USA Today |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Undulation |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Signal hello or goodbye |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Coastal crasher |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Float rider's greeting |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Surfer's surface |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Silent greeting |
|
|
| Signal hello or goodbye |
|
|
| Float rider's greeting |
|
|
| What a surfer may catch |
|
|
| Ballpark crowd antic |
|
|
| Aspect of hydrodynamics |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2017 |
| Stadium fans' creation |
Universal |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Friendly gesture |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2017 |
| What a surfer may "catch" |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Signal with a hand gesture (greeting someone from afar, e.g.) |
|
|
| Undulate |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Greeting from a parade float |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2017 |
| Parade greeting |
|
|
| Parade greeting |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2017 |
| Water ridden by a surfer |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Surfer's catch |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2017 |
| A surfboard rides it |
|
|
| Flag (down) |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2017 |
| Signal hello or goodbye |
|
|
| Fans' cooperative display |
Universal |
10 Apr 2017 |
| A gesture to attract someone's attention |
|
|
| One way to offer a greeting |
Universal |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Silent acknowledgment |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2017 |
| Swell way to say goodbye |
|
|
| It breaks on the beach |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Silent greeting |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2017 |
| . Gesture made with salutation |
|
|
| Fans' cooperative display |
|
|
| Surfer's catch |
|
|
| Greeting from a parade float |
|
|
| Aspect of hydrodynamics |
|
|
| One way to offer a greeting |
|
|
| Parade greeting |
|
|
| Stadium fans' creation |
|
|
| What a surfer may "catch" |
|
|
| Ocean breaker |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Breaker; hand gesture |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Nonverbal greeting |
|
|
| Greet from a distance |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Greeting hand gesture |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Undulate |
The Times Concise |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Swell |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2016 |
| Something that may crash and break |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2016 |
| Ride for a surfer |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2016 |
| What toppled surfer with a heartless violence? |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Stadium motion |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2016 |
| It may sweep you off your feet |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2016 |
| Ocean motion |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Gesture of greeting |
Universal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Gesture from Rush? |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| It may sweep you off your feet |
|
|
| Something that may crash and break |
|
|
| Swell |
|
|
| Hand gesture |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Nov 2015 |
| Silent greeting |
|
|
| Fans' diversion |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Signal 'Hello!' |
|
|
| What a surfer catches |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Greeting |
Family Time |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Bleacherites' choreography |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2015 |
| Water ridden by a surfer |
|
|
| Fans' diversion |
|
|
| What a surfer catches |
|
|
| Common greeting |
|
|
| Surfer's challenge |
|
|
| Wordless greeting |
|
|
| Something a surfer catches |
|
|
| What a surfer surfs on |
|
|
| Greet, in a way |
|
|
| Fenway crowd action |
|
|
| Surfing need |
|
|
| Surfer's joy |
|
|
| Ocean swell |
|
|
| Whitecap |
|
|
| Surfer's need |
|
|
| Signal "Hello!" |
|
|
| Greet the crowd |
|
|
| See 30-Down |
|
|
| It's ridden on a surfboard |
|
|
| Hello or goodbye, maybe |
|
|
| Breaker on the shore |
|
|
| Activity at a football stadium |
|
|
| See 22 Down |
|
|
| Breaker |
|
|
| Breaker at the shore |
|
|
| Greet by hand |
|
|
| A surfboard rides it |
|
|
| Surfing surface |
|
|
| Surfer's challenge |
|
|
| Acknowledge your fans |
|
|
| Signal "Hi!" or "Bye!" |
|
|
| Surfer's need |
|
|
| Surfing need |
|
|
| Acknowledge the crowd |
|
|
| Salt shaker? |
|
|
| Member of Katrina's band? |
|
|
| Breaker at the shore |
|
|
| Undulate |
|
|
| Breaker at the shore |
|
|
| One might be caught near a beach |
|
|
| Greet from across the street, perhaps |
|
|
| Breaker, e.g. |
|
|
| Undulation in the stands |
|
|
| Hi from a float |
|
|
| Mass movement |
|
|
| Silent acknowledgment |
|
|
| Surfer's need |
|
|
| Hi from a float |
|
|
| Breaker on the shore |
|
|
| 50-Across sight |
|
|
| Thing caught near the shore |
|
|
| You might catch one near a beach |
|
|
| Breaker on the shore |
|
|
| Breaker |
|
|
| Offering greeting |
|
|
| Whitecap |
|
|
| Subject of a famous Hokusai print |
|
|
| Hi sign |
|
|
| Hi sign |
|
|
| Hi sign |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Greet from a distance |
|
|
| Informal greeting |
|
|
| Hi sign? |
|
|
| Ripple's big brother |
|
|
| Acknowledge the crowd |
|
|
| Silent farewell |
|
|
| Make bye-bye |
|
|
| Oceanside sight |
|
|
| Friendly gesture |
|
|
| Acknowledge the crowd |
|
|
| Wordless greeting |
|
|
| Salon option |
|
|
| Hi sign |
|
|
| Surfer's ride |
|
|
| Surfer's need |
|
|
| Hand motion |
|
|
| Signal hello or goodbye |
|
|
| Surfing surface |
|
|
| Swell, at sea |
|
|
| Surfing need |
|
|
| It's sometimes permanent |
|
|
| "Catch a ___": Beach Boys |
|
|
| Ballpark antic |
|
|
| High sign |
|
|
| Waikiki ride |
|
|
| Loose curl |
|
|
| Swell |
|
|
| This goes around an arena |
|
|
| Swell |
|
|
| Mass-movement unit |
|
|
| Permanent thing |
|
|
| Stadium crowd antic |
|
|
| Waikiki ride |
|
|
| Surfer's surface |
|
|
| Common greeting |
|
|
| Acknowledge your fans |
|
|
| Gestured greeting |
|
|
| Whitecap, e.g. |
|
|
| Surfer's surface |
|
|
| Ocean motion |
|
|
| Gestured greeting |
|
|
| Gestured greeting |
|
|
| Swell sight? |
|
|
| Undulation |
|
|
| What a surfer rides |
|
|
| Group action |
|
|
| Greet silently |
|
|
| Hello from a distance |
|
|
| Bid farewell, in a way |
|
|
| Another rough seas feature |
|
|
| Ballpark antic |
|
|
| Undulation |
|
|
| Greet, in a way |
|
|
| Breaker |
|
|
| Greet, in a way |
|
|
| Stadium audience participation |
|
|
| Surfing sine qua non |
|
|
| Stadium antic |
|
|
| Goodbye or hello gesture |
|
|
| Surfer's swell |
|
|
| On top it can have a whitecap |
|
|
| Acknowledge one's fans |
|
|
| See 9-Down |
|
|
| Fans' diversion |
|
|
| Silent greeting |
|
|
| Shore breaker |
|
|
| Make a motion |
|
|
| Surfer's delight |
|
|
| Fans display |
|
|
| Beach breaker |
|
|
| Greet from a distance |
|
|
| Undulation |
|
|
| Surfer's surface |
|
|
| See 32 Down |
|
|
| Gesture of greeting |
|
|
| Oceanside sight |
|
|
| Shake one's hand, perhaps |
|
|
| Swell at sea |
|
|
| Motion with the hand |
|
|
| Undulation |
|
|
| Common greeting |
|
|
| Gesture of greeting |
|
|
| It may be new or permanent |
|
|
| Common hello or goodbye |
|
|
| Say "Hi" with a hand |
|
|
| Grandstand antic |
|
|
| Ripple |
|
|
| Silent goodbye |
|
|
| US Navy woman |
|
|
| Greet in a way |
|
|
| Salon product |
|
|
| Breaker |
|
|
| Comber |
|
|
| Brandish |
|
|
| Undulation |
|
|
| Flutter |
|
|
| Hand signal |
|
|
| Type of hairdo |
|
|
| Gesticulate |
|
|
| Billow |
|
|
| Swell, at sea |
|
|
| Ocean feature |
|
|
| Roller |
|
|
| Naval lass |
|
|
| Salute from a distance |
|
|
| Sight at sea |
|
|
| Undulate |
|
|
| New ___ film |
|
|
| Tulane's Green ___ |
|
|
| Signal, in a way |
|
|
| M. Marcel creation |
|
|
| Surface undulation |
|
|
| Surge of blockers |
|
|
| Fluctuate |
|
|
| Silent sayonara |
|
|
| Gesture of greeting |
|
|
| Marcel, for one |
|
|
| Whitecap |
|
|
| Tidal or heat |
|
|
| Servicewoman |
|
|
| Tidal or permanent |
|
|
| Beauty-parlor job |
|
|
| Silent salute |
|
|
| Navy girl. |
|
|
| Undulation. |
|
|
| The sea: Poet. |
|
|
| Beauty parlor job |
|
|
| Growing trend |
|
|
| She's in the navy. |
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| She's in the Navy. |
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| Service woman. |
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| Brandish. |
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| Femme of the Navy. |
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| Attention-getter |
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| Hand signal. |
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| Breaker. |
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| Undulate. |
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| Comber. |
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| Permanent. |
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| Roller. |
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| Servicewoman. |
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| U. S. servicewoman. |
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| Member of the Navy. |
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